Transferring heating oil

[Highmiler]

Newbie here... please be kind.

I wonder if anyone has any idea's on the following..

My Oil Rayburn has been deemed beyond ecconomic repair so I am going down the route of having mains gas installed and a gas boiler fitted.
My problem is I have about 800 litres of oil left in the tank, my neighbour said he will have it, it's the logistics of getting it from my tank to his. The distance between tanks is only about 10 metres, but my tank is lower than his tank so syphoning/gravity will not do the trick. My idea is to use a drill pump on a hose to pump it over, worth a shot you think?

Oh, - tank disposal ? Ebay???

Cheers - Highmiler

 

[lifesagasman]

i don't know the answer but a couple of guesses: have you tried hire shops to see what they've got? or (for 10m) what about pressuring the tank to pump it over?

is it a bunded tank? plastic or steel?

 

[Highmiler]

Hi Lifesagasman...

single skinned plastic Titan? tank. I think that sealing it to pressurize it would be difficult. I don't mind buying a drill pump & hose or hiring something to do the job (safely) I just don't want to go down the route of having to pay a specialist company to dispose of the oil, that would add insult to injury at the moment.

HM

 

[lifesagasman]

my gut feeling is that 800L of oil would be hard work on a drill..hire shops must have transfer pumps, powered or hand, not very dear, or maybe buy a hand pump. cheaper than disposal companies.

 

[TicklyT]

Don't know how much you would want to pressurise an oil tank . Adding a couple of pounds of air pressure may shift the oil a couple of feet uphill, but adds about three tons of load to the sides of the tank.

What about installing a temporary feed from your tank to your neighbour's boiler?

Tank disposal?

Oops - wrong sort of tank

 

[Highmiler]

I've been looking at Machine mart who do a drill pump (Clarke CPP3000) it reckons 40/50 litres a min. for £12. It says OK for Heating oil but I remember using a pump like this before when emptying a water tank. It fell to pieces whilst using it and we got soaked. Waters one thing..
I was wondering if this was man enough for the job.

 

[lifesagasman]

£12 to dispose of 800L of oil sounds cheap enough to me. your neighbour can buy it. even cheaper.

 

[Highmiler]

TicklyT... I don't know the consumption of next doors Rayburn but I suspect the temporary connection would be there for a while now its getting warmer and would need to be done safely by an Oftec engineer.
As for the Bazooka - thats how I feel about my condemned Rayburn at the mo.

 

[Burnerman]

Oil supply companies will remove your old oil for you, and dispose of the tank too.....your drill pump will work but its best run at a lower speed than normal (1400 RPM say) - but I reckon its hard on a drill too!
Machine Marts diesel transfer pump is a good one, but too expensive for only one use....ring around the hire shops.
John

 

[hammerswinger]

Could you not use an old central heating pump to do the job, I once used one to empy a garden pond & it worked fine.

A CH pump isn't self priming but if your tank is lower than your neighbours you could start syphoning from his tank to yours, this will fill the hoses & pump with fluid then you can turn on the pump which will them pump it from your tank to his as long as you have the pump pointing the correct way.


Cheers.

 

[lifesagasman]

sounds complicated to me.

£12, job done

 

[Highmiler]

Oil supply companies will remove your old oil for you, and dispose of the tank too.....your drill pump will work but its best run at a lower speed than normal (1400 RPM say) - but I reckon its hard on a drill too!
Machine Marts diesel transfer pump is a good one, but too expensive for only one use....ring around the hire shops.
John

Thanks John
Now theres a point I hadn't thought of.. the wear on my drill. Looks like a trip to a shed, buy a cheap 2 speed drill burn it out and take it back. Saves the old AEG getting damaged.

Regards, HM

 

[lifesagasman]

i said that 2 hours ago!

 

[hammerswinger]

sounds complicated to me.

£12, job done

Nothing complicated about it...Central heating pump, a couple of bits of pipe, a couple of bits of hose pipe...jobs a good un.

In my experience those drill pumps aren't up to much.

 

[Boilerman2]

Machinemart do a much better oil transfer pump it costs about £80 but will shift 800 Ltrs in about 20 minutes and with oil at 40p/litre you should still be in profit.
Remember that to have somebody in to pump it they will charge you as it will be considered contaminated waste!!!